Campus Power Struggle

Campus Power Struggle traces the explosive evolution of the student political movement from the Berkeley Free Speech Movement of 1964 to armed confrontation at Cornell in 1969. From campus conflict as a microcosm of larger political struggles for self-determination, to student concern about infringements upon personal liberties, the studies in this book provide authoritative insight into unrest on American campuses. This volume represents sociology as the "big news" in its most impressive and involved style. No.l in the series. Contents: Introduction - The Struggle for Power on the Campus (Howard S. Becker). Beyond Berkeley (Joseph Gusfleld). Columbia: The Dynamics of a Student Revolution (Ellen Kay Tnmberger). The Crisis at San Francisco State (James McEvoy and Abraham Miller). Confrontation at Cornell (William H. Fried/and and Harry Edwards'). The Phantom Racist (Rita James Simon and James Carey). Dynamic Young Fogies-Rebels on the Right (Lawrence F. Schiff). Ending Campus Drug Incidents (Howard S. Becker). The Psychiatrist as Double Agent (Thomas Szasz). Student Power in Action (Arlie Hochschild).

In the two years since the first edition of this book appeared, some commentators have argued that the struggle over power on American campuses has died down or gone away. That vision, argues the editor of this new edition, comes more from wishful thinking than a sober assessment of long-term trends.

Campus Power Struggle explores the conditions provoking political change on campuses and the processes through which that change occurs. It traces the explosive evolution of the student political movement from the Berkeley Free Speech Movement to armed confrontation at Cornell. From campus conflict as a microcosm of larger political struggles for self-determination to student concern about infringements upon personal liberties, the studies in this book provide authoritative insight into unrest on American campuses.